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May 12, 2015 3:53 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Glad you all are enjoying the show! I did wonder about the varieties people were growing in Florida. I know we have a lot of problems with black mold, I think it's called. Our humidity is just so high. A lot of people grow Knockout Roses, but I don't see a lot of people who grow other kinds. I volunteer at the Museum of Science and Industry in the butterfly exhibit. We also have a Historic Tree Grove where each tree is related to or a descendant of a tree that a famous person owned. For example, we have a Magnolia from Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts). And my boss planted some roses underneath the tree. There are the Knockout Roses, but I know we also have the varieties 'Joseph's Coat' and 'Don Juan'. So it can be done in Florida, but it probably takes a little more work than in other areas.

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